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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justice McManus (ranked 5119 p4p, 4864 weight class) and Stack Woods (ranked 469 p4p, 457 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think McManus might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pat Murphy of the Irish Brigade. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Justice McManus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stack Woods!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McManus scores with a jab. Woods acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McManus shoots in looking for a takedown but Woods manages to keep the fight standing, pushing McManus's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
McManus moves into range and connects with a jab.
McManus misses with a double jab.
Woods throws a sloppy head kick and McManus moves out of range easily.
Woods goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
No joy there for McManus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Left hook, right uppercut from McManus.
Woods throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sloppy strikes from Woods. Those never looked like landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McManus lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
McManus stuns Woods with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
McManus closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - McManus lands in his opponent's guard.
McManus slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McManus accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
McManus throwing strikes but missing.
McManus working some strikes from top position.
McManus is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
McManus cracks Woods with a solid left hand.
McManus has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
McManus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
McManus controlling from the top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McManus accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Woods looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
McManus won't allow Woods to get back to his feet.
McManus scoring with some ground and pound.
McManus controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Woods utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McManus stands and throws Woods's legs to the side, diving into side control.
McManus taking a breather here.
Woods looks winded!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woods takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
McManus works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
McManus lands an elbow.
The referee asks McManus politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. McManus prefers to stall for the moment though.
McManus's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
McManus lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Woods really doesn't want to stay on the ground with McManus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
McManus wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Woods, who protects the arm well.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McManus lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Woods down.
McManus working the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McManus remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
McManus scoring with punches and elbows.
McManus controls the position.
Woods takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
McManus looks up at the clock and then as Woods takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, McManus smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
McManus scores with a couple of short elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McManus is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Woods is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
McManus lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Justice McManus dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
McManus throws a series of strikes that have Woods backpedaling.
Woods takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McManus lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
McManus drops Woods with a straight right hand, right on the button! McManus follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justice McManus!
An out of breath Justice McManus thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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